REM song is most misheard - Telegraph

[Victor Steinbok]

  I do want to emphasize that I was referring only to the lines that I
quoted, not the entire list of 20 misheard lyrics that appears in the
article. Some of the remaining 15 are just plain goofy. I don't see how
"Stayin' alive" or "Must be talking to an angel" can be "misheard, but,
of course, I know the songs--including the titles.  Perhaps hearing them
cold might sound different.

     VS-)

On 9/22/2010 1:13 AM, I wrote:
> ...
> Ironically, I recognize all of these EXCEPT for the first one...
> Perhaps I just haven't heard it enough (or ever).

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